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Title: Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874 Visger, Jean Allan (Pinder) Owen, 1841-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, G. Routledge New York, E. P. Dutton
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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the wings smaller ;the red parts dingy. Length five inches ; breadth nine inches. Eggsbluish green, often minutely speckled with light brownish red. A GREAT deal that we have said of the Stonechat, wUl apply equallyto the Whinchat, as the two birds much resemble each other incharacter, size, and habits. There is this difference, however,between them, that a considerable number of Stonechats remainin Britain during the winter, whereas the Whinchats, almost toa bird, leave our shores in the autumn. The latter is by no meansso common, and is rarely seen except in wild places where the shrub isabundant from which it derives its name of Whinchat, or Furzechat.For a small bird to have black legs is, it seems, considered in Francean indication of peculiar delicacy of flesh. Both of these birds,therefore, notwithstanding their diminutive size, are much soughtafter for the table. Both are of restless habits, delighting to perchon the summit of a furze-bush, where they keep the taU in constant
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Whinchat Stonechat $ ^Redstart ^ ? Black Redstart J ^ (p. IS. THE STONECHAT IJ motion, occasionally spring into the air after an insect, and thendart off with a dipping flight to another post of advantage. Theyrepeat the call of ii-Hck ! and their short and simple song, bothwhile at rest and on the wing ; but they are not musical, and their flesh is generally more esteemed than their song. TheWhinchat may be distinguished at a considerable distance bythe white streak over the eye. Both nest and eggs of the two speciesare very simUar. THE STONECHATPratincola Rubicola Head, throat, bill and legs, black ; sides of the neck near the wing, tertialwing-coverts and rump, white ; breast briglit chestnut-red, shaded intoyellowish white towards the tail ; feathers of the back, wings and tail,black, with reddish brown edges. Female—feathers of the head andupper parts dusky brown, edged with yellowish red ■ throat black, withsmall whitish and reddish spots ; less white in the wings and tail ;

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